Important Stuff First
I know the year has barely got going but we have an important decision to make. Here's the background.....
We would normally have our end of year party on Friday the 11th of December. Here's the thing. There's a really big wedding being planned for Saturday 12th December and Sunday 13th December for 150 people which would be really good business for the golf club. What's more, the wedding party have asked if they could have the clubhouse to decorate the area ahead of the wedding on Friday the 11th, the night we would normally have our party.
Now we're good sorts and are more than happy to accommodate the wedding group as it's good business for the club. So we have a decision to make.
Regarding our Christmas party and accepting we can't have it on Friday the 11th of December, our options are;
- bring it forward one day and hold our party on Thursday the 10th of December
- put it back one week and hold it on Friday the 18th December which is the night before closing day.
There's no right or wrong answer but if you could let your preference be known to either me or Eddie or Phil then we can gauge what people want and go from there.
The Eric Olsen Trophy
The Eric Olsen Trophy is a new trophy for 2026. Commemorating Eric, this trophy will be awarded to the person who scores the highest individual stableford throughout the 2026 season. Fittingly, Eric would have won it in 2025 for his total of 43 points in March. His name will be the first on the trophy recognising that score.
Here are the rules and how it will be awarded.
- If there is one score which is higher than anyone else's, then that person will be awarded the trophy at the end of the year.
- If two or more people share the highest score, then we will look at if any of those people have more than one of those high scores. By example, if 3 people have 42 points and one of those people recorded 2 scores of 42 points and the other two only have one score of 42 points, then the trophy will be awarded to the person with the 2 scores.
- If that tie breaker doesn't resolve the issue, then we will look at the next highest score. Again taking 3 people on 42 points as the example and let's suppose this time they all have just one score at 42 points, then we will look at how many scores of 41 points they have recorded. If that doesn't work then we will look at how many scores of 40 points have been recorded. And so on.
Two weeks into the season we have 2 people with 41 points to their name; Geoff Laney and Eddie Walter.
And So To The Events Of This Week
Deano was back in the hood, Marty made an appearance and Westy is still struggling with all this time he has away from his beloved children at the Taieri College. So long story we short we had a field of 24 this week meaning $120 was up for grabs for each six holes.
The first order of the day was to wish Duncan many happy returns for his 76th birthday. Congratulations Duncan, trust you had a great day and thanks for the shout.
Duncan's wasn't the only whisky on display. The Nugget took an almighty swing on the 7th tee only to hit the big green ball about 10 inches behind the little white ball he had in his sights. I reckon it measured about 6.4 on the Richter scale. His playing partner halved the hole in the haggle.
In the sixes 3 groups shared the first set on 30 points and I'm not going to write out all those names. Similarly 2 groups won the last set with 47 points and again you all know who you are. The only group to win something outright was our group - hurray - who won the middle set with 45 points. That's David B, Warren Egen, the Nugget and Murray Cooper. Good effort boys.
Scoring was pretty hot for the day although the greens are firm meaning it's hard to fire a ball into the green and getting it to stick. Height is you friend.
As reported earlier, Eddie took out line honours with a very neat 76 off the stick thereby earning 41 stablefords, two more than anyone else. With 4 birdies he also scored the Balclutha trip.
Nick won the raffle.
Telfer Medal this weekend so bring your A game on Saturday if it didn't turn up for Friday skins.
